“Thou Shall Not Grow Old”

Through ground breaking computer restoration technology, filmmaker Peter Jackson’s team creates a moving real-to-life depiction of the WWI, as never seen before in restored, vivid colorizing & re-timing of the film frames, in order to honor those who fought and more accurately depict this historical moment in world history. You typically don’t get many movies or documentaries about the first great war, but this film is pretty fascinating. The first 30 minutes go into great detail what the British soldiers went through as far as training, what was in their pack kits, schedules and their diet & uniforms. I found all that pretty interesting. As the film goes on, you get some detailed descriptions of action that the soldiers came across and some of it is pretty graphic. Technology wise, the film is brilliant. Reading about how they put this film together could be a documentary itself. If there is any negative to the film is that the movie could use a dose of music to help narrate the story because at times the film drags, but I guess Peter Jackson intended to leave a musical score out of it for effect or felt it didn’t need it. This is a pretty amazing film. Check it out.

Rating: (****)